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• Tete Veld Aethomys Aethomys ineptus

  

  The Tete veld aethomys is a medium-sized rodent that eats vegetation, seeds, and insects. Confirmed records in the account are limited to parts of South Africa and Eswatini.

• Cape Serotine Laephotis capensis

  

  The Cape serotine sometimes roosts in the roofs of houses and buildings. Records span arid semi-desert, montane grassland, forest and savanna; it forages at medium height along cluttered edges.

• Red-eared Guenon Cercopithecus erythrotis

  

  This arboreal monkey has separate ranges in southeastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon, and on Bioko Island. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Pacific Tent-making Bat Uroderma convexum

  

  This bat ranges from southern Mexico through Panama to western South America. It has white facial stripes and a white line down the middle of its back. In Panama, it was recorded using tent-like roosts made from modified American oil-palm leaves.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.

• Jungle Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Funambulus) tristriatus

  

  This squirrel lives in India's Western Ghats. Three pale stripes run along its back, and its head is grayish or reddish brown. It uses moist forests and can also occur in plantations and pasture.

• White-footed Vole Arborimus albipes

  This small vole has white feet and a two-toned tail. It lives in humid coastal forests and eats plants at night both in trees and on the ground.

• Common Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster

  The common water rat is a large rodent adapted to life near water. It has webbed feet and a thick tail with a white tip.

• Southern Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus magellanicus

  The southern big-eared brown bat is recorded in southern Chile and Argentina. Its appearance is described, while species-specific behavior remains poorly known.

• Black-footed Gray Langur Semnopithecus hypoleucos

  This langur lives in southern India. It is active by day and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Southern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia maresi

  Tonatia maresi is a bat distributed in South America. The adult female used as the holotype reference in the paper had dark gray-brown fur above and a grayer, paler underside. The species roosts in hollow trees.

• Cape Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

  An antelope of open southern African savannas that can raise a crest of white hair when excited.

• Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas

  A nocturnal flying squirrel of Southeast Asian forests. Its coat differs between two subspecies, one mainly black and the other orange-red.

• Perote Deermouse Peromyscus bullatus

  The Perote deermouse has tawny upperparts, a pale underside, and a tail longer than its head and body. It is recorded in a highland basin of central Mexico.

• Giant White-tailed Uromys Uromys (Uromys) caudimaculatus

  The Giant White-tailed Uromys is a large rat with a gray-brown back, pale underside, and long tail with a white tip. It is active at night, climbs well, and eats fruit, nuts, insects, and other foods.

• Silver-tipped Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) albescens

  This small bat ranges from Mexico into South America and catches insects while flying over forests and water.

• Grizzled Leaf Monkey Presbytis comata

  The grizzled leaf monkey's boundary with a close relative remains uncertain, with coat color varying by region. It lives in western Java's forests, is active in trees by day, and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Lesser Kudu Ammelaphus imberbis

  It lives in dry scrub and woodland in northeastern Africa and feeds mainly at dawn and dusk. White stripes line its sides; males are grayish brown and females reddish brown.

• Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel Lariscus obscurus

  The Mentawai three-striped squirrel is restricted to the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra. Its dark back has faint stripes, and it eats seeds, fallen fruit, and arthropods.

• Field Vole Microtus (Microtus) agrestis

  A small vole that makes runways through grass.

• Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes

  The Common Malacomys has long hind feet and a tail longer than its head and body. An identification key that includes records from Rwanda's forests summarizes it as often found near water.

• Slender Yellow Bat Rhogeessa gracilis

  The Slender Yellow Bat is a small bat recorded in Mexico. Current taxonomic references use Baeodon gracilis for the taxon previously called Rhogeessa gracilis.

• Greater spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans

  The greater spot-nosed monkey is a West and Central African guenon with a conspicuous white spot on its nose and dark fur. It eats fruit and seeds and spends much of its time in trees.

• Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii

  An animal of the high Tibetan Plateau with a fine, soft undercoat.